knække
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Norwegian knekke, Swedish knäcka. Probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare also German knacken (“to crack”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
knække (imperative knæk, infinitive at knække, present tense knækker, past tense knækkede, perfect tense or (unofficial) knak)
- (transitive) to break (make a thing fall apart)
- (transitive) to break (break down a person mentally or economically)
- (transitive) to suffer a fracture in
- (transitive) to solve (a problem, a code)
- (intransitive) to crack, break (fall apart)
- (intransitive) to crack, break (shift suddenly)
- (intransitive) to give up
Conjugation[edit]
Inflection of knække
References[edit]
- “knække” in Den Danske Ordbog